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Tricycle Mike
After months of volunteering at the local Animal Shelter, we finally allowed Julia to choose a kitten of her own. Julia took home a...
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It's Not Easy Being Green
“It’s not Easy Bein’ Green.” Kermit the Frog, I can relate to your famous song. Scrubbing off Wolfe Pancake Makeup #57 Green has been a...
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Presents and Presence - A Christmas Story
As a kid, I couldn’t fathom why grownups said, “No presents.” What? That was a part of what made Christmas so fun! The anticipation, the...
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Outside the Arena
Six-year-old Paul Brown sat atop his sorrel horse “Grumpy” awaiting his turn in the ring at the Virginia State Fair with his rodeo...
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Empty Nest? Nothing Empty Next!
Mothers-to-be describe an urge to “feather the nest” in preparation for their new arrival. But what about when grown birds fly from the...
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Tub Twins & Texts
On this cold, rainy, muddy day, we're foster parents to two knobby-kneed little lambs running about our empty bathtub, their cries heard...